--- description: Universal Pictures just released a new trailer for the upcoming biopic of legendary Los Angeles rap group N.W.A., 'Straight Outta Compton.' title: Watch the New Trailer for 'Straight Outta Compton' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c8b20fdfeda962/698786623c163928e345288a/screen-shot-2015-04-02-at-12-06-42-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the New Trailer for _Straight Outta Compton_ by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 6:33 AM CUT  Screen shot by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 6:33 AM CUT Universal Pictures just released a new trailer for its upcoming biopic of legendary Los Angeles rap group N.W.A., _Straight Outta Compton_. F. Gary Gray’s film documents the rise and fall of the West Coast group during the mid-1980s on the dangerous streets of Compton, Calif. In the clip, we see a glimpse of the tough world that Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) and Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell) describe in their brutally honest songs. The trailer shows the group’s struggle amid the poverty, violence, police brutality and gang warfare that permeated their California neighborhood, and how they eventually succeeded in giving a voice to inner-city America, revolutionizing music forever. _Straight Outta Compton_ hits theaters Aug. 14. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3768476/straight-outta-compton-trailer-nwa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3768476/straight-outta-compton-trailer-nwa/"},"headline":"Watch the New Trailer for Straight Outta Compton","datePublished":"2015-04-02T06:33:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:38:27.562Z","description":"“Speak a little truth and people lose their minds”","url":"https://time.com/3768476/straight-outta-compton-trailer-nwa/","keywords":["movies","California","rap","Dr. Dre","Ice Cube"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c8b20fdfeda962/698786623c163928e345288a/screen-shot-2015-04-02-at-12-06-42-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c8b20fdfeda962/698786623c163928e345288a/screen-shot-2015-04-02-at-12-06-42-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-04-02 at 12.06.42 PM","caption":"","creditText":"Screen shot","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3768476/straight-outta-compton-trailer-nwa/","name":"Watch the New Trailer for Straight Outta Compton"}}]}] ```